Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
  • A23G—COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
  • A23G1/00—Cocoa; Cocoa products, e.g. chocolate; Substitutes therefor
  • A23G1/30—Cocoa products, e.g. chocolate; Substitutes therefor
  • A23G1/32—Cocoa products, e.g. chocolate; Substitutes therefor characterised by the composition containing organic or inorganic compounds
  • A23G1/36—Cocoa products, e.g. chocolate; Substitutes therefor characterised by the composition containing organic or inorganic compounds characterised by the fats used
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
  • A23G—COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
  • A23G1/00—Cocoa; Cocoa products, e.g. chocolate; Substitutes therefor
  • A23G1/0003—Processes of manufacture not relating to composition or compounding ingredients
  • A23G1/0026—Mixing; Roller milling for preparing chocolate
  • A23G1/0036—Conching
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
  • A23L—FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES A21D OR A23B-A23J; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OF NUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL
  • A23L33/00—Modifying nutritive qualities of foods; Dietetic products; Preparation or treatment thereof
  • A23L33/20—Reducing nutritive value; Dietetic products with reduced nutritive value

Definitions

• the present invention relates to an oily food which has a lower viscosity if an oil content is comparable as compared with the conventional oily food, or has a lower oil content if a viscosity is comparable as compared with the conventional oily food, and a method for producing the same.
• oily food a chocolate and a chocolate-like food are exemplified, and a typical oily food is produced from cacao mass, cocoa butter, sugar, powdered milk and the like.
• oily foods are a food having a relatively high oil content containing 30% or more of a fat or oil content in the case of a confectionary made from chocolate alone, or 40% or more of a fat or oil content in the case of a utility for coating bread, baked confectionary, ice cream and the like.
• an oil content of the chocolate influences on a variety of physical properties including a viscosity and, consequently, workability, and also influences on an eating feeling and a flavor originally possessed by the oily food.
• a viscosity is considerably increased, combinatorial working with other food (such as coating and enrobing) becomes difficult, an adhered amount is increased due to a rise in a viscosity, and further, even when used alone without combination, it becomes difficult to cast into a mold in every corner.
• the oily food called “smoothly melted in the mouth” has a fine granularity of a solid matter, and has a great surface area contacting with an oily phase as a whole, when a fat or oil is spread all over a surface thereof, and a fat or oil contributing to fluidity of the oily food is decreased, a viscosity is increased.
• an oil content can be decreased, particularly an oil content can be decreased without greatly changing other physical properties such as viscosity from a range of current products, this can contribute to a market.
• a low fat chocolate having an oil content of 20 to 24.5% by weight has been proposed by a method of once dissolving a sugar in water, and dehydrating and drying the solution to prepare a sugar of fine particles (e.g. Patent Document 10).
• Patent Document 10 a method of once dissolving a sugar in water, and dehydrating and drying the solution to prepare a sugar of fine particles.
• this can not be easily produced due to a complex production method, and it is difficult to produce this by the conventional steps or apparatuses.
• Patent Document 11 can realize a low oil content/a low calorie to some extent, but it relies on only using an emulsifier as strategy against a rise in a viscosity accompanied with lowering in an oil content, and it does not describe that an use in low viscosity utility when an oil content is reduced.
• An object of the present invention is to develop an oily food which has a low viscosity relative to an oil content, that is, the food has a lower oil content and thus has a lower calorie if a viscosity is comparable, and the food has a lower viscosity if an oil content is comparable, and the food has excellent taste, physical property and coating aptitude by an inexpensive and simple method, and a method for producing the same.
• a low oil content and low calorie oil food which can exhibit a lower viscosity if an oil content is comparable as compared with the conventional oily food material, and can achieve a lower oil content if a viscosity is comparable as compared with the conventional oily food material, has good texture and flavor, and can be variously applied can be produced by a simple method by subjecting a dough after undergoing a refining step to conching at a lower oil content than conventional to change the dry state to the liquid state, resulting in completion of the present invention.
• the present invention is:
• an oily food having a low viscosity relative to an oil content, being excellent in taste, and being excellent in physical property and coating aptitude, which has not previously been seen, can be produced by a simple method.
• An oily food referred in the present invention is not particularly limited as far as it is a food in which a fat or oil forms a continuous phase, and one example includes a chocolate or a chocolate-like food, and a glaze (in which a sugar is dispersed in a fat or oil; a glaze is used for overcoating).
• the chocolate contains a "chocolate dough” and a "quasi-chocolate dough” according to "Fair Competition Convention on the Show Kind of Chocolate” (March 29, 1971, Fair Trade Commission announcement No.16), refers to one obtained by using a cacao mass prepared from cacao bean, a cacao butter, a cocoa powder and sugars as a raw material and, if necessary, adding other edible fat or oil, milk product, flavor and the like, and undergoing a step of producing chocolate, and also includes so-called white chocolate dough not using a cacao mass.
• the chocolate-like food examples include a food using other fat or oil (a fat or oil called CBE, which is rich in a 1,3-saturated 2-unsaturated triglyceride-type fat or oil, a fat or oil called CBR, which is a laurin-based or high elaidic acid-type hard butter, and further, a liquid oil containing much unsaturated fatty acid or medium chain fatty acid called ice coating) in place of a part or all of a cocoa butter for the purpose of improving physical property or saving the production cost.
• CBE fat or oil
• CBR which is a laurin-based or high elaidic acid-type hard butter
• a liquid oil containing much unsaturated fatty acid or medium chain fatty acid called ice coating in place of a part or all of a cocoa butter for the purpose of improving physical property or saving the production cost.
• a blending raw material of the oily food will be explained by classifying into a "fat or oil raw material", an "oil-containing raw material” containing a fat or oil, and other "low fat raw material”.
• the fat or oil raw material of the present application refers to a blending raw material in the fat or oil alone state.
• a kind of the fat or oil is not particularly limited, but a so-called hard butter is suitable, and, a non-tempering-type fat or oil such as trans-type hard butter containing elaidic acid as a constituent fatty acid, and laurin-type hard butter, and a tempering-type fat or oil such as cacao butter, and cacao butter substitute can be utilized.
• a modified fat or oil which has been subjected to hardening, fractionation, transesterification or the like of a fat or oil can be utilized.
• a raw material for example, vegetable fats or oils such as rapeseed oil, soybean oil, sunflower seed oil, cottonseed oil, peanut oil, rice bran oil, corn oil, safflower oil, olive oil, kapok oil, sesame oil, evening primrose oil, palm oil, shea butter, sal butter, cacao butter, palm oil, palm kernel oil, as well as modified fats or oils which have been subjected to hardening, fractionation, transesterification or the like of those fats or oils can be exemplified.
• the oil-containing raw material in the present application refers to a raw material in which much fat or oil is contained. Unless otherwise is indicated, in the present application, a raw material in which an oil content in the raw material is 2% by weight or more is named an oil-containing raw material.
• an oil-containing raw material used in the conventional chocolate is exemplified.
• a cacao mass (oil content: about 55% by weight), a whole milk powder (oil content: about 25% by weight), and a cocoa powder (oil content: about 10 to 25% by weight)
• a toasted soybean flour (oil content: about 23% by weight) are preferably used.
• the oil-containing raw material is defined as described above, but among the oil-containing raw materials, the effect of the present invention is different due to a higher or lower oil content, and as an oil content of the oil-containing raw material is higher, much fat or oil making no contribution to reduction in a viscosity of the oily food, which is in the original state while strongly retained in a tissue thereof is present, and this is more effective by allowing that the fat or oil is squeezed out more (details of a squeezing out step will be explained in a conching step).
• a skim milk powder (oil content: about 1% by weight) and a whey powder (oil content: about 1% by weight) are also a raw material containing a fat or oil, but in the present invention, a raw material having an oil content of less than 2% is in a category of a low fat raw material.
• the low fat raw material refers to a raw material containing no fat or oil, or containing less than 2% of a fat or oil.
• sugars, sugar alcohols, other sweeteners, a food fiber, and an additive are exemplified.
• the sugars and sugar alcohols are not particularly limited, but sugars and sugar alcohols which are used in the conventional chocolate are preferably used.
• monosaccharides, oligosaccharides, sugar alcohols, saccharide, thick malt syrup and the like can be exemplified.
• monosaccharides specifically, glucose, fructose, mannose, and xylose can be exemplified.
• oligosaccharides disaccharides to hexasaccharides are usually included and, specifically, sucrose, maltose, lactose, trehalose, maltotriose and the like can be exemplified.
• sugar alcohols specifically, sorbitol, maltitol, mannitol, erythritol, xylitol, oligo-sugar alcohols and the like can be exemplified.
• sugars and sugar alcohols are not particularly limited, but a sugar which dissociates crystal water with difficulty is desirable and, further, more anhydrous ones are desirable.
• a sugar which dissociates crystal water with difficulty includes maltose.
• the food fiber is not particularly limited, but an example includes polydextrose, dextrin, crystalline cellulose, cellulose, hemicelluloses, lignin, agar, glucomannan, sodium alginate, and chitosan.
• an emulsifier which has previously been used in an oily food is preferably used.
• polyglycerin-condensed ricinoleic acid ester and lecithin and, particularly desirably, sucrose fatty acid ester and polyglycerin fatty acid ester, and sorbitan fatty acid ester are preferably used without any particular limitation.
• sucrose fatty acid ester or polyglycerin fatty acid ester is not particularly limited, and it is preferable that the amount is 0.05% by weight or more, desirably 0.07% by weight or more, further desirably 0.1% by weight or more relative to a total final oily food.
• the amount is less than 0.05% by weight, the function of collecting a dough is weak upon conching, and the viscosity decreasing effect due to addition of sucrose fatty acid ester or polyglycerin fatty acid ester is obtained with difficulty.
• an upper limit of the added amount is 3.0% by weight or less, desirably 1.0% by weight or less, further desirably 0.5% by weight or less.
• the amount is more than 3% by weight, the effect corresponding to the added emulsifier is obtained with difficulty, being not economic, and a flavor peculiar to the emulsifier is easily manifested in a flavor of a final oily food.
• the ester since the effect of collecting a dough upon conching can be expected from addition of sucrose fatty acid ester or polyglycerin fatty acid ester, the ester is required to be dispersed at least upon conching and, therefore, it is preferable that the ester is added before initiation of a conching step. By subjecting the dough to conching, the viscosity decreasing effect is enhanced. On the other hand, even when sucrose fatty acid ester is added to a dough after conching, to obtain the expected viscosity decreasing effect is difficult.
• lecithin or PGPR has the function of decreasing a viscosity
• a dough is soft or has fluidity upon conching (the same phenomenon as that in the state where an oil content of a dough subjected to a conching step is high as described later, occurs)
• the dough is slipped from a blade of a conche, and to apply a shear to the dough sufficiently is difficult.
• lecithin or PGPR is added after brought from the dry state into the generally wet state, in a conching step.
• HLB of sucrose fatty acid ester or polyglycerin fatty acid ester is not particularly limited, but the known HLB which has conventionally been used in the oily food can be preferably used and, when HLB is desirably 5 to 16, a force of collecting a dough is strong, and the viscosity decreasing effect is easily obtained.
• the constituent fatty acid is not particularly limited, but fatty acid which has previously been used in the oily food is preferably used.
• the constituent fatty acid is desirably saturated fatty acid, further desirably fatty acid having a carbon number of 16 to 20 is bound because these have a stronger force of collecting a dough, and the viscosity decreasing effect is easily obtained.
• the raw materials namely, cacao mass, sugars, powdered milk, and fat or oil are properly mixed into a plastic mass called a dough, which is subjected to a refining step.
• the refining step is not particularly limited as far as it is a method which can refine the raw material, but typically, a step of roll refining which is frequently used in a step of producing a chocolate is exemplified. Processing by roll refining is desirable in that an additional facility is not necessary, and processing at a large amount is possible in a short time, due to a relatively simple apparatus which is frequently used in a step of producing the conventional oily food.
• a blending amount of the fat or oil, the oil-containing raw material, and the low fat raw material is not particularly limited in a final oily food, respectively, it is possible to blend them in a range that is used in the existing oily food.
• an oil content of a dough at subjected to a refining step has previously been usually around 27% by weight, but in the present invention, it is necessary that an upper limit is less than 25% by weight, and desirably less than 23% by weight.
• the refined dough is subjected to a conching step and, when it is not necessary to have a fine granularity of a final oil food (for example, a glaze), a part of the raw material is not subjected to a refining step and this is combined with a remaining which has been subjected to a refining step, which may be subjected to a conching step.
• a final oil food for example, a glaze
• a granularity of the oily food is 30 ⁇ m or less, desirably 25 ⁇ m or less, most desirably 22 ⁇ m or less.
• a melted oily food (when an oil content is less than 50%, the food is diluted with a liquid oil to 50% to 60% of an oil content) is adhered to a measuring surface with a micrometer (for example, a trade name "Digimatic standard external micrometer MDC-M” manufactured by Mitsutoyo Ltd. etc.), and measuring surfaces are approaching to each other.
• An adhesion amount of the oily food is such the extent of an amount that a width of micrometer measuring surfaces is narrowed at measurement and, at the measured value is indicated, the oily food is protruded from the measuring surface, and the amount is measured at least with an extent that the oily food is uniformly distributed on the measuring surface.
• the amount is small, since a sufficient amount of particles are not present in a gap between measuring surfaces, and a measurement error becomes easy to occur, the amount is not used as a measurement value when the oily food is not protruded from the measuring surface. After measurement, the measuring surface is brought into the clean state, the amount is measured again five times by the same procedure, and an average of three times except for maximum and minimum values is defined as a granularity of the oily food.
• an oil content of a dough subjected to a conching step is preferably such that an upper limit is less than 25% by weight, desirably less than 23% by weight, further desirably less than 21% by weight, and a lower limit is 15% by weight or more, desirably 18% by weight or more, like the range of an oil content of a dough subjected to a refining step.
• the oil-containing raw material solid content ratio (relative to an oil) is small, since the oil-containing raw material subjected to a conching step is relatively reduced, an absolute amounts of a fat or oil retained in a solid matter, that is, a fat or oil to be squeezed out from the solid matter at dry conching is small, and a viscosity can not be sufficiently lowered. It is thought that a fat or oil in a tissue of the oil-containing raw material does not remain in the interior and a viscosity of the oily food is significantly reduced even in the case of a low oil matter, by the oil-containing low material solid content ratio (relative to an oil) being high, desirably 0.6 or more.
• a dough has above mentioned range of the oil content, and the oil-containing raw material solid content ratio (relative to an oil) is relatively high, and further desirably, the sucrose fatty acid ester or the polyglycerin fatty acid ester is added, thereby, the dough has suitable plasticity and collection like a clay, a stronger shear is applied to the dough when a blade of a conche squeezes the dough, and thereby, a fat or oil making no contribution to reduction in a viscosity of the oily food in the original state while strongly retained in a tissue of the oil-containing raw material becomes easy to be effectively squeezed out.
• the dough subjected to a conching step has first a dough surface in the state of no luster called “dry state” and, by being conched in this dry state, a flake is gradually collected into unity, and brought into the state having a luster called “wet state” via the state having the plasticity called “generally wet state” which is the state of generating plasticity.
• dry state the state of no luster
• wet state the state having a luster
• generally wet state which is the state of generating plasticity.
• a lacked matter of a fat or oil and an emulsifier are added for blending into a final oily food.
• the emulsifier to be added herein is an emulsifier having the effect of decreasing a viscosity of a final dough other than sucrose fatty acid ester and polyglycerin fatty acid ester for "giving suitable plasticity and collection like a clay" as described above and, as an example, it is desirable to add lecithin or polyglycerin-condensed ricinoleic acid ester (PGPR).
• PGPR polyglycerin-condensed ricinoleic acid ester
• a conching temperature in the dry state is preferably in a lower region when almost all of a fat or oil in the oily food has been melted, without any limitation, but in the oily food of a tempering type such as cocoa butter and CBE, conching is preferably performed at a low temperature of desirably 55°C or lower, further desirably 50°C or lower.
• a conching time in the dry state is long, or conching is performed under a strong shearing stress. It is preferable that the time is usually 30 minutes or longer, desirably 60 minutes or longer, being not limiting.
• the food is first in the "dry state” when subjected to a conching step, but the oily food transitions into the "wet state” more rapidly than the present invention because of higher oil content.
• the food when subjected to a conching step, the food is first in the "dry state", but since an oil content is lower than that of the conventional oily food, this "dry state" is maintained long.
• An oil content at dry conching is not higher than an oil content of a final oily food in both of the conventional products and the present invention, and in order to adjust to an oil content of a final oily food, a fat or oil raw material is additionally added frequently (named oil addition).
• oil addition is performed in the "dry state"
• a dough in the "dry state” tends to transition into the "wet state” at once.
• a value of "a” is (0.2 + 2.8exp(-6c)) ⁇ 10 16 , more desirably (0.2 + 1.5exp(-6c)) ⁇ 10 16 , most desirably oil containing (0.2 + exp(-6c)) ⁇ 10 16 .
• a viscosity can be lower if the oily food has a comparable oil content, or an oil content can be lower if the oily food has a comparable viscosity.
• a granularity of the oily food is 30 ⁇ m or less.
• the oily food having a granularity of more than 30 ⁇ m easily gives a rough feeling in an oral cavity at eating.
• a granularity thereof is 27 ⁇ m or less, desirably 25 ⁇ m or less, most desirably 22 ⁇ m or less.
• a method of measuring a granularity is generally a method of using a micrometer as described above, and the measuring method with a micrometer is used also for defining a granularity of the present definition.
• the region is a region in which a viscosity is 70 p or less at an oil content of 36% by weight or less, a viscosity is 160 p or less at an oil content of 33% by weight or less, a viscosity is 391 p or less at an oil content of 30% by weight or less, a viscosity is 1053 p or less at an oil content of 27% by weight or less, in the case of 0 ⁇ C ⁇ 0.2, the region is a region in which a viscosity is 25 p or less at an oil content of 36% by weight or less, a viscosity is 56 p or less at an oil content of 33% by weight or less, a viscosity is 136 p or less at an oil content of 30% by weight or less, a viscosity is 366 p or less at an oil content of 27% by weight or less, and in the case of 0.2
• a chocolate exhibits a plastic (Bingham) fluid, and has property that, even when a shearing force is applied, it does not instantly flow, and when a stress exceeds a certain shearing stress (yield value), it first begins to flow, and thereafter, a shearing rate and a shearing stress are proportional.
• ⁇ 0.5 ⁇ ⁇ 0.5 ⁇ D 0.5 + ⁇ 0 0.5
• a value of "a" is 2.5 ⁇ 10 11 , more desirably 2.3 ⁇ 10 11 , most desirably oil containing 2.0 ⁇ 10 11 .
• the oily food can have a lower plastic viscosity if the food has a comparable oil content, or a lower oil content if the food has a comparable plastic viscosity.
• a granularity of the oily food is 30 ⁇ m or less, and it is preferable that the granularity is desirably 25 ⁇ m or less, most desirably 22 ⁇ m or less.
• a region indicated by this curve When a region indicated by this curve is shown in a specific product, a region in which a plastic viscosity is 886 p or less at an oil content of 36% by weight, a plastic viscosity is 1420 p or less at an oil content of 33% by weight, a plastic viscosity is 2383 p or less at an oil content of 30% by weight, and a plastic viscosity is 4223 p or less at an oil content of 27% by weight corresponds to it.
• the oily product cannot be realized by the conventional methods, or if only an oil content can be comparable to that of the present invention, the oily food has a high viscosity and can be used only in limited utility, and it is difficult to realize an oily food on a lower viscosity side, or a lower plastic viscosity side than the above described curve by the existing technique.
• Cocoa, sugar, lactose, sucrose fatty acid ester (manufactured by Ryoto Co,. Ltd.), whole milk powder, cocoa butter, and emulsifier were blended into cacao mass which had been melted according to ⁇ roll refiner placement dough formulation> of Table 1, the mixture was stirred with a mixer (AM30 manufactured by Aicohsha Manufacturing Co., Ltd.) to such an extent that the mixture became a dough (8 to 10 min.) to make a roll refiner placement dough, and the roll refiner placement dough was ground with a roll refiner ("Three-roll mill SDY-300" manufactured by BUHLER) to obtain a roll flake.
• a mixer AM30 manufactured by Aicohsha Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
• the resulting roll flake was subjected to dry conching with a conching machine (manufactured by Sanei Manufacturing Co., Ltd.) at a temperature described in Table 1 for 120 minutes, subsequently oil addition was performed according to Table 1 and, thereafter, liquid conching was performed for 180 minutes to obtain a final oily food.
• a conching machine manufactured by Sanei Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
• a viscosity of the oily food was measured at 40°C (with a BH-type viscometer, No.5 rotor, 10 rpm, manufactured by Tokyo Keiki Inc.).
• a plastic viscosity was calculated by measuring a shearing rate and a shearing stress with a B-type viscometer (BROOKFIELD Model DV-III) at 45°C when a rotation speed was changed at 12.5 (rpm), 37.5, 62.5, 87.5, 112.5, 137.5, 162.5, 187.5, or 212.5, and extrapolating this into the Casson equation.
• BROOKFIELD Model DV-III BROOKFIELD Model DV-III
• Example 1 and Comparative Example 1 were the same in formulation of a finally obtained oily food and temperature condition of dry conching, but in Example 1 having a lower oil content at dry conching, a viscosity was reduced to around 60% as compared with Comparative Example 1 when final products were compared.
• Comparative Example 2 is an oily food made by the conventional method having a comparable viscosity to that of Example 1 at the final product, but its final oil content was increased to 35%.
• Example 1/Comparative Example 1 According to the same formulation and the same procedure as those of Example 1/Comparative Example 1 except that 0.4% by weight of PGPR (polyglycerin-condensed ricinoleic acid ester, "CRS-75" manufactured by Sakamoto Yakuhin Kogyo Co., Ltd.) known to have the effect of decreasing a viscosity at oil addition of Example 1/Comparative Example 1 was added, oily foods of final products of Example 2 and Comparative Example 3 were obtained. A viscosity of the oily food of the final product was measured by the same method as that of Example 1, and is also shown in Table 2. In addition, a granularity measured by the same method as that of Example 1 was 22 ⁇ m in both foods.
• PGPR polyglycerin-condensed ricinoleic acid ester, "CRS-75" manufactured by Sakamoto Yakuhin Kogyo Co., Ltd.
• Example 2 Comparative Example 3 ⁇ Roll refiner placement dough formulation> * Unit is part by weight.
• Example 2 and Comparative Example 3 were the same in formulation of the finally obtained oily food, and temperature condition of dry conching, but in Example 2 having a lower oil content at dry conching, a viscosity was reduced to around 60% as Comparative Example 3 when final products were compared.
• Example 2 Comparative Example 3
• Example 2 using the effect of the present invention could further reduce a viscosity as compared with Comparative Example 3.
• Cocoa, sugar, lactose, sucrose fatty acid ester manufactured by Ryoto Co,. Ltd.
• whole milk powder obtained by cocoa butter, and emulsifier
• the mixture was stirred with a mixer to such an extent that the mixture became a dough to make a roll refiner placement dough, and the roll refiner placement dough was ground with a roll refiner to obtain a roll flake.
• the resulting roll flake was subjected to dry conching with a conching machine (manufactured by Sanei Manufacturing Co., Ltd.) at a temperature described in Table 3 for 120 minutes, subsequently oil addition was performed according to Table 3 and, thereafter, liquid conching was performed for 180 minutes to obtain a final oily food.
• a conching machine manufactured by Sanei Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
• Example 4 according to the same steps as those of Example 3 except that lecithin was not added at a stage of a dough to be placed into a roll refiner, and temperature condition of dry conching was 45°C, roll refiner and conching were performed to obtain an oily food (lecithin which had not been added at a stage of placement into a roll refiner was added together with lecithin in oil addition, so that the same amount of lecithin was blended in a final product).
• Example 5 in accordance with Table 3, roll refiner and conching were performed to obtain an oily food according to the same steps as those of Example 2 except that an oil content at dry conching was 21% by weight, and 17% by weight. In addition, granularities measured by the same method as that of Example 1 were all 22 ⁇ m. ⁇ Table 3> Example 3 Example 4 Example 5 ⁇ Roll refiner placement dough formulation> * Unit is part by weight.
• Example 3 and Example 4 were the same in formulation of the finally obtained oily food, and an oil content at dry conching, but in Example 4 in which a temperature of dry conching was lowered from 60°C to 45°C, and further, lecithin was not added at dry conching, that is, a strong shear was applied at dry conching, a viscosity was reduced to 80% or less as compared with Example 3 when final products were compared.
• Example 4 and Example 5 were the same in formulation of the finally obtained oily food, and temperature condition at dry conching, but in Example 4 in which an oil content at dry conching was further reduced to 21% by weight, that is, a strong shear was applied at dry conching, a viscosity was reduced to around 50% as compared with Example 4 when final products were compared.
• Example 6 according to the same steps as those of Example 5 except that sucrose fatty acid ester was not added at a stage of a dough to be placed into a roll refiner, roll refiner and conching were performed to obtain an oily food.
• Example 7 in accordance with Table 4, in Example 7, according to the same steps as those of Example 5 except that sucrose fatty acid ester was not added at a stage of a dough to be placed into a roll refiner, but was added to a dough at a stage of completion of conching, roll refiner and conching were performed to obtain an oily food.
• Example 5 For comparison, formulation and physical property of Example 5 were also described, and a viscosity of the oily food of the final product was measured by the same method as that of Example 1, and was also shown in Table 4. In addition, a granularity measured by the same method as that of Example 1 was 22 ⁇ m in both of Example 6 and Example 7. ⁇ Table 4> Example 5 Example 6 Example 7 ⁇ Roll refiner placement dough formulation> * Unit is part by weight.
• Example 5 and Example 6 were the same in the condition such as formulation, a temperature and the like except that sucrose fatty acid ester was present at dry conching, but Example 6 was not as excellent as Example 5.
• a viscosity was 30% or more higher in Example 7 than in Example 6 having entirely the same formulation. From this, it was clear that a sugar ester greatly contributed to reduction in a viscosity by adding at dry conching.
• sucrose fatty acid ester upon dry conching further contributed to reduction in a viscosity.
• Example 8 according to the same steps as those of Example 1 except that an oil content at dry conching was further reduced to 22% by weight, temperature condition at dry conching was 45°C and, further, PGPR was added at 0.4% by weight, roll refiner and conching were performed to obtain an oily food.
• a granularity measured by the same method as that of Example 1 was 22 ⁇ m.
• Example 1 Comparative Example 1
• Example 8 Roll refiner placement dough formulation> * Unit is part by weight.
• Example 8 and Comparative Example 1 were all the same except that PGPR was added in formulation of the finally obtained oily food, but in Example 8 in which an oil content was low and a temperature was low at dry conching, that is, a strong shear was applied at dry conching, a viscosity was reduced to 10% or less as compared with Comparative Example 1 when final products were compared.
• Indication is both logarithmic graph in all of Fig.6, Fig.7 and Fig.8.
• an oily food having a low viscosity relative to an oil content, and having excellent taste, physical property and coating aptitude, which has not previously been seen, can be produced by a simple method.

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